I’m on vacation this week but I won’t leave you empty-handed. One of the things I monitor closely is what the Federal Reserve does at each of their FOMC meetings. As a matter a fact, I have these meetings in my own personal calendar and I will always take my lunch break around watching CNBC…
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Money Perspectives: Buddhism and Money
Youngey Mingyur Rinpoche has an entertaining, funny and spiritually enlightening view on how Buddhism views money.
Lesson Plan for Kids In Personal Finance
While my kids are a bit too old for early lessons in personal finance, I did come across the Financial Literacy Resource Center at Investopedia. They have a great list of lesson plans for kids from K through 5th grade. Here is a screenshot of the lesson plan. I have added this to my library…
Money Perspectives: Unique Money Traditions
I continue to explore how different cultures view money and I came across this video which is worth the watch as it covers money perspectives from a variety of cultures around the world. In Kenya, people use “Harambee” which is a word that means “everyone comes together” to raise funds for the community. I would…
The Three Personal Finance People You Need In Life
Did you know you need at least three personal finance people in your life? If not, then perhaps that’s why you might be struggling financially. Let me walk you through my personal finance people. Personal Finance Mentor A personal finance mentor provides financial guidance, advice, feedback on skills, and coaching. This type of mentor can…
Personal Finance Is A House Built One Brick At A Time
I have a friend who is a really great project manager. His go to phrase when dealing with a large complicated project is always, “you eat an elephant one bite at a time.” I thought about titling this post with that phrase but eating an elephant would probably offend some people so I switched it…
The Hamster Wheel Financial Life
I am going to combine two different stories and explain why most people feel their are on an endless hamster wheel trying to get ahead in personal finance. I like to read reddit every now and then so I came across this particular post and I’m quoting some of it below that got me thinking….
Money Perspectives: Islamic Finance
After getting the Jewish perspective on money, I searched YouTube for a video on Islam and money and came across this interesting video. I understood some basic principles of Islam and money such that interest was generally forbidden in Islamic customs but I never knew the level of intricacy of the rules and processes for…
Do You Have The Right Personal Finance Community?
After watching a few cultural videos on how different cultures view money it made me wonder if I had the right personal finance community. So let’s review what I consider my personal finance community now. Seeking Alpha By far the most frequent community I visit right now is the Seeking Alpha community over at SeekingAlpha.com….
Money Perspectives: How Jews View Money Differently
I spend a great deal to time on YouTube and other sites seeking to improve my knowledge or skills especially when it comes to personal finance so it was a surprise when YouTube recommended the video below from Living Lchaim entitled, “How Jews View Money Differently Than Everyone Else” This is a long video but…